List of Nevada state prisons
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This is a list of state prisons in Nevada
operated by the Nevada Department of Corrections
. It does not include federal prisons or county jails located in the state of Nevada.
Nevada
Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...
operated by the Nevada Department of Corrections
Nevada Department of Corrections
The Nevada Department of Corrections is a governmental agency in the U.S. state of Nevada. The NDOC headquarters is located in Building 17 in the Stewart Facility in Carson City.-History:...
. It does not include federal prisons or county jails located in the state of Nevada.
Institutions
- Ely State PrisonEly State PrisonEly State Prison is a maximum security penitentiary located in unincorporated White Pine County, Nevada, north of Ely. The facility, operated by the Nevada Department of Corrections, opened in July 1989. Phase I was completed and opened in August of that year. Phase II was completed in the month of...
- Nevada's death row - High Desert State Prison
- Lovelock Correctional CenterLovelock Correctional CenterLovelock Correctional Center is a Nevada Department of Corrections prison in unincorporated Pershing County, Nevada, near Lovelock.-History:Lovelock is located in Pershing County and is the seventh major institution of the Nevada Department of Corrections. It was constructed and opened in two...
- Nevada State PrisonNevada State PrisonNevada State Prison is a penitentiary located in Carson City. The prison has been in continuous operation since it was established in 1862 and is managed by the Nevada Department of Corrections. It is one of the oldest prisons still operating in the United States. The high security facility housed...
- Northern Nevada Correctional Center and Stewart Conservation Camp
- Northern Nevada Restitution Center
- Southern Desert Correctional Center
- Southern Nevada Correctional CenterSouthern Nevada Correctional CenterSouthern Nevada Correctional Center was a medium-security prison in Southern Nevada in the United States owned and operated by the Nevada Department of Corrections. Located approximately 30 miles south of Las Vegas, off Interstate 15, in Jean, it was permanently closed in July 2008...
- Florence McClure Women's Correctional CenterFlorence McClure Women's Correctional CenterThe Florence McClure Women's Correctional Center in North Las Vegas, Nevada. All custody levels are housed there. It is operated by the Nevada Department of Corrections...
(previously Southern Nevada Women's Correctional Facility) - Warm Springs Correctional Center
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